https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-government-backpedals-on-election-promise-to-phase-out-b-c-open-net-salmon-farms-by-2025/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 21:54:49 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16925 Conservation groups say wild stocks can’t wait any longer for ocean-based salmon farms to be removed, while a new federal study finds land-based fish farming technologies are ready for commercial development in B.C. Sarah Cox News fish farms Indigenous piscine orthoreovirus PRV salmon farms water wildlife Justin Trudeau https://thenarwhal.ca/highly-contagious-virus-found-in-majority-of-clayoquot-sound-salmon-farms-report/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 21:30:12 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16707 A Norwegian strain of piscine orthoreovirus, which is strongly associated with death of Chinook salmon, was identified at 14 out of 15 farms tested Sarah Cox News fish farms Oceans piscine reovirus PRV salmon water wild salmon wildlife Gathering samples fish farm Clayoquot Sound https://thenarwhal.ca/drastic-and-scary-salmon-declines-prompt-first-nation-to-take-canada-to-court-over-fish-farms/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 21:16:43 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9559 In an unprecedented move, the Dzawada’enuxw nation is claiming in court that farming Atlantic salmon — which often carry disease — in their traditional waters constitutes a violation of Aboriginal rights Sarah Cox News Aboriginal Rights Dzawada’enuxw First Nation fish farms Indigenous Jack Woodward salmon Venture Point Fish Farm https://thenarwhal.ca/grieving-with-the-worlds-whale/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 17:02:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7245 It’s time for everyone who cares about orcas, oceans and the planet to join the endangered Southern Residents in holding Tahlequah’s dead daughter up for the world to see Mark Leiren-Young Opinion Endangered Species fish farms orcas salmon Trans Mountain Pipeline wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-fish-processing-plants-discharging-effluent-lethal-to-fish-audit-finds/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 20:04:20 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6880 Government inspections found majority of facilities are in violation of old, outdated permit conditions Sarah Cox News bloodwater farmed salmon fish farms George Heyman salmon https://thenarwhal.ca/green-mla-adam-olsen-on-how-b-c-s-new-fish-farm-rules-could-backfire/ Tue, 03 Jul 2018 22:48:57 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6843 ‘We are allowing these companies to pollute for free’ Judith Lavoie In-Depth Adam Olsen fish farms salmon Green Party MLA Adam Olsen in the B.C. legislature https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-s-confusing-new-fish-farm-rules-explained/ Fri, 22 Jun 2018 01:21:51 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6515 B.C. introduced two new ‘bold’ rules this week that could change the way salmon farming is done in the province, maybe Sarah Cox Explainer fish farms Lana Popham salmon farming wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/how-legal-bloodwater-dump-b-c/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 00:55:55 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/12/06/how-legal-bloodwater-dump-b-c/ admin Analysis bloodwater Canada environmental law fish farms wild salmon https://thenarwhal.ca/wild-pacific-salmon-face-upstream-battle-survival/ Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/09/23/wild-pacific-salmon-face-upstream-battle-survival/ David Suzuki Opinion Center Top climate change Dr. David Suzuki fish farms fracking LNG migration ocean temperatures Oceans Opinion pollution salmon